Chapter I
In October, a cold wind caused the temperature in the capital to plummet, like a cold winter moon.
It was a light snow at night, the lights in the Qiyang Palace, the atmosphere was solemn, and a person who looked like a doctor hurriedly entered the second hospital, which was already the third doctor invited today.
Fang Ning had just been freed from the ice cave and fell into the sea of fire again, she clearly felt her thin and pale body gradually melting in the fire, but she miraculously had no pain, as if she was freed.
That's fine, she thought, it's better to be in ashes than rot in the mud.
In a trance, she saw a woman walking towards her, she didn't know what to say, she just looked at her with tears on her face, Fang Ning wanted to pull her on the Huangquan Road to be a companion, but as soon as she stretched out her hand, the girl disappeared, and then she fell into the endless darkness again, until she was pulled by a slight pain, and she heard someone talking around her.
"Is Miss Watch awake? I saw that her eyelids seemed to move! β
"It seems to be true, quickly notify Madame to come and take a look!"
"Amitabha Buddha and Bodhisattva bless, cousin Jiren Tianxiang."
This voice pulled Fang Ning out of the chaos, and she opened her eyes suddenly, her gaze as if it were substantially passing through the layers of faces in front of her, looking at the woman who had just recited Amitabha.
It was her sister Fang Hui, the last person she saw on her deathbedβhow could it be? Isn't she already dead?
Fang Hui's eyes shrank suddenly after touching Fang Ning's eyes, and the disdain that flashed instantly converged, and then she opened it with a little weakness. Fang Ning was suspicious in her heart, so she withdrew her gaze for the time being, and faced the imperial doctor in front of the bed, who was probably frightened by her eyes and was stunned for a moment.
"Table, as long as Miss Cousin wakes up, it will be considered as if she has passed the ghost gate, and she can recuperate in the future." The imperial doctor wiped the sweat from his head, collected the medicine box, bowed and left.
Miss Table?
Fang Ning saw that Fang Hui's dress was not much different from what she saw before she died, it should have been that she had already entered the Qiyang Palace's concubine, so the so-called Miss Cousin was not Xie Ruqing?
She didn't die, but she became Xie Ruqing?
Xie Ruqing's three words dragged Fang Ning back into the cold and biting world, just entering October, and somehow it was as cold as a cold winter wax moon, Fang Ning curled up in the broken quilt, watching the woman who looked like her push open the door.
"Sister, it seems a little shabby here." Fang Hui looked at Fang Ning's room, her eyes were full of compassion, "Don't you know, there is a cousin girl like a delicate flower living in the house, she is so favored at home, I just came out of her house, and I came to you in a blink of an eye, and I thought I was in hell - sister, I am not worth it for you." β
Fang Ning closed her eyes, she didn't even have a sneer to deal with, she had heard enough of her tone of pity, but she couldn't deny her "not worth it" in her heart.
From the day she got married, her life was no longer worth it, but she didn't admit it until the time before she died.
Fang Ning is a concubine in her mother's family, although she is not a prominent nobleman in the family, she has been held in the palm of her hand by her father and mother since she was a child. Their family affairs are a sensation in the capital, and the position of the princess of the prince of Qiyang does not know how many people are staring at it, but in the end, it was cheaply given to a four-grade minister, and the unwilling ones with red eyes abound, and no one knows how the Fang family can marry the king of Qiyang.
At that time, Fang Ning was an ignorant girl, and she didn't know much about the court situation, but she just listened to her mother happily describe how the prince was rich and handsome, how handsome and talented the young man was, how the Qiyang palace behaved, how sincere, and said that a woman could get such a husband and a gentleman was all virtuous in her previous life, so Fang Ning believed that she had found a good son-in-law, and her eyes were full of joy.
However, this girl's joy did not last long, one day after marriage, the son drank too much wine, stared at her face for a long time, and helplessly said with some kind of affection that she could not understand: "You are not her after all." β
She only felt five thunders at the time, although she didn't understand the feelings of the prince, but she could understand people's words - she was just a substitute.
It turned out that what she thought was a honey-like day was a phantom, and she was just a consolation for her husband to miss another woman.
No wonder he would take the initiative to marry her and enter the door, no wonder he always looked at her so long-term.
But since she married into the door, she was his wife, Fang Ning was optimistic after a short period of complaint, if she could give birth to a child for him, she should be able to get some attention from him.
But what he didn't expect was that since that drunkenness, her husband didn't enter her house much, and occasionally came to shout "Hui'er" at night.
During that time, Fang Hui's husband died of illness, and Fang Hui became a widow and was heartbroken and sick for a long time, so she recuperated in Fang's family. Of course, Fang Ning didn't think too much about it at that time, until Tianshizi came to tell her that he was going to admit a woman into the door, and that woman had his child.
Fang Ning remembered the voice of her heart falling into the abyss at that time, her husband loved her sister, she was a substitute for her sister, and when her sister entered the door, she completely entered the cold palace.
"Sister, love is unreliable, don't say you never got it, even if I have a concubine with Shizilang, I don't believe it." The corners of Fang Hui's mouth hooked up a touch of mockery, I don't know if it was for Fang Ning or for all the fools in the world who were trapped by love, "Look, the stones on the side of the road are everywhere, kick out one of you, and another Xie Ruqing, there may be more in the future, but it doesn't matter, I will kick them away one by one, and when the time comes, you will watch in the sky, maybe you will be happy for me." β
That night, Fang Ning got a bowl of hot chicken soup that she had not seen for a long time, she drank this chicken soup every day, and outsiders were all grateful for Concubine Fang's benevolence and righteousness, but they didn't know that the "ingredients" in the soup could slowly torture people to death. I thought that Fang Hui would continue to torture her to death, but she didn't want to give her a good time today.
Want to die? When she was dying, Fang Ning asked herself, of course she didn't want to die, she had a lot of unwillingness, she wanted to see the pair of dog men and women suffer retribution, and she wanted to go home to see her father and mother......
It is said that people will let go of everything before they die, but it was not until this moment that Fang Ning realized that she was far more hateful than she appeared, and this hatred was enough to follow her to the next life through life and death - if God gave her another chance, she would definitely let the prince and Fang Hui taste the suffering she suffered in this life!
On that day, the princess died of "illness" in the side courtyard, and seven days later, Miss Cousin fell into the water, saying that it was the soul of the princess who came to ask for her life.
is a good Fang Hui, everything she wants to do has been done.
"My Ruqing, you are awake!" Princess Yu hurriedly came in and walked to the bed, holding Xie Ruqing's hand, "Look at what the torture has become, why don't you let the kitchen prepare chicken soup bird's nest." β
Yu is Fang Ning's serious mother-in-law, and she has been lukewarm since she entered the door, first, she is suspected of her ordinary appearance, and secondly, she is suspected of not being able to give birth.
In the past, Fang Ning felt that this was mostly because he was not blessed, and he couldn't help but have children because he looked like he had children, and he couldn't force them. It wasn't until Fang Hui entered the door that she understood, it wasn't that she couldn't ask for it, it was that she wouldn't ask for it.
Fang Hui is only a few months older than her, she is the concubine of the family, her identity is heaven and earth compared to herself, her appearance is only a little more charming than herself, and she is still a widow who has been married, but she is still very popular. Fang Hui because of her low status, a few years ago she married a small soldier, she is very good at being a person, I remember that when she was in her mother's house, her mother often praised her for being sensible, and after she got married, she coaxed her mother-in-law and husband to please, so that after her man's death, her mother-in-law couldn't bear to be widowed at a young age, and it was a piece of paper and a book that let her go free.
Although she was a concubine when she entered the Qiyang Palace, she gave birth to her eldest grandson because of her stomach, and the palace had to snub her. The Yu family looked down on her background at first, but later she was coaxed by her, and before Xie Ruqing entered the mansion, he almost treated her as a serious daughter-in-law.
I think it was this Xie Ruqing who hindered Fang Hui's eyes, so he was poisoned. Fang Ning only relied on the sentence "My Ruqing" in Yu's mouth, and roughly sorted out his thoughts, this Xie Ruqing was very liked by Yu's family, and it was very likely that he wanted to renew his son's strings.
Fang Ning remembered that the woman she saw in the chaos should be Xie Ruqing herself, that was also an innocent and pitiful girl like herself, God let her live for her once, it was to give the two of them a common opportunity.
In that case, Fang Ning ...... No, now she is Xie Ruqing, Xu is dead, and her love and hatred are also dead, and the hatred that can no longer be dissolved except death before death is miraculously peaceful. Xie Ruqing glanced at Fang Hui in the distance, and sneered in her heart - don't worry, since God has given her another chance, she will return all the experiences she lost, as well as the original Xie Ruqing's encounters.
She looked at Yu Shi who was shushing her with pain, and a little grievance was squeezed out of her eyes, like a deer who came home injured, and Yu's heart melted at a glance.
"How are you, are you uncomfortable, cold or hot or thirsty, you tell your aunt, I'll let the girls prepare what you want." Yu anxiously shushed the cold and asked for warmth.
Xie Ruqing didn't speak, but looked at her more and more uncomfortably, Yu's brain was coaxed, she pointed to herself and asked, "Ruqing, do you recognize your aunt?" β
Xie Ruqing nodded, still didn't speak, she didn't pretend, her throat was really burning and uncomfortable, it should be caused by cold and fever, and there seemed to be a lump of cotton in her throat, so she had the heart to snort twice, but found that she couldn't make a sound.
Yu's hanging heart was just about to be put down, and he brought it up again - what is wrong with this child not squeaking?
"Ruqing, what do you want to eat, I'll call it kitchen preparation."
Xie Ruqing just shook her head, indicating that she would not eat, Yu Shi pressed the bad premonition in her heart, put her hand in the quilt and got up, told the girls to serve well, and when she went out, she asked someone to call back the imperial doctor who had just been sent away.
The imperial doctor was old, and it was not easy to run back and forth in the snow in the middle of the night, and he was pulled back just out of the palace gate, and asked with a head of snow: "But it's not good?" β
Yu asked politely: "You said that the child doesn't speak, could it be that he is dumb?" β
The imperial doctor was stunned for a moment, "It stands to reason that it shouldn't be, she fell into the water and choked on the water and got cold, throat discomfort is inevitable, maybe it's temporary, I'll prescribe a side medicine to drink, and see what the situation is tomorrow." β
However, on the second day, Xie Ruqing still couldn't speak.
Yu Shi was a little anxious, and personally went to Xie Ruqing's bedside to feed her medicine, "Ruqing, do you still have a sore throat?" β
Xie Ruqing nodded, she pointed to her throat and waved her hand, tears in her eyes again.
Yu's heart is getting colder and colder, what if a good prospective daughter-in-law becomes dumb?
She finished feeding the medicine and went out with a cold face, and summoned the grandmother in front of her to go down to investigate Xie Ruqing's overboard incident yesterday, she somehow remembered Xie Ruqing's eyes last night - it was clearly filled with fear and resentment. Yu has been in charge of the backyard for many years, how can he not guess the meaning of that look, such as Qing has always been obedient on weekdays, never grudges with people, and can look at a person like that, proving that her falling into the water is not the so-called dead person asking for her life, it is possible that she was killed by someone in the house.
Xie Ruqing looked at Yu's look when she went out, and knew that her deliberate performance last night had an effect, she didn't expect to push Fang Hui into the abyss, that woman was used to covering up and acting, but she would slowly draw her salary, and Xie Ruqing's poor woman's experience was the first step in Fang Hui's collapse.
"Miss Cousin, the prince and the third young master are here." At this time, the girl replied.
Xie Ruqing was stunned for a moment, and before she could pack up her usual mood to greet the man, Shizi led the third young master into the door, she looked up and saw someone coming through the curtain, and almost threw out a string of knives on the spot in her eyes.